Sport: 24 hours in pictures

Ma Long and Xu Xin of China compete in the men's doubles final match against Wang Hao and Chen Qi of China during the world table tennis championships 2009 in Yokohama, Japan Photograph: Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images

Houston Rockets center Yao Ming lies on the court after injuring his right knee in the fourth quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers during Game One of their NBA Western Conference semi-final playoff game in Los Angeles Photograph: Danny Moloshok/Reuters

Rockets forward Ron Artest sports a new haircut for the match against the Lakers Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Katie Chapman of Arsenal celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the FA women's Cup final against Sunderland at Pride Park Photograph: Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images

Norway's Peter Lorentzen and Slovakia's goaltender Jaroslav Halak slide into the net during their IIHF World Hockey Championship game in Zurich Photograph: Michael Buholzer/Reuters

Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin celebrates his third goal of the game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game Two of their NHL Eastern Conference semi-final in Washington Photograph: Molly Riley/Reuters

Venus Williams serves the ball to Lucie Safarova of Czech Republic during their women's singles first-round match at the Italian Open in Rome Photograph: Claudio Onorati/EPA

Tampa Bay Rays fans wearing cardboard cut-out helmets as they watch the Rays host the Baltimore Orioles during a Major League game in St Petersburg Photograph: Chris O'Meara/AP